The Southern United Herald
Market31 Aug 2026
Jake Cacace hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Southern United can pretend not to have heard.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The step up is real for Shane Davies
At 21 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Market31 Aug 2026
Team Wellington join the queue for Shane Davies
Add another name to the list: Team Wellington have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Shane Davies. The answer from Southern United has not changed — yet.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Southern United
Dane Sutton was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Dane Nelson signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Dane Nelson and Southern United agree another 3 years.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words at Southern United training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alex Nelson is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
In brief
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Dane Nelson
- The dugout Callum Colvey knocks on the manager’s door
- Market Winston Just goes out on loan
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Jai Smith